One should consider only Allah to be ῾Ālim al kul (Knower of All)
Hadhrat Maulāna Fateh Muhammad Sāheb rahmatullahi ῾alayh was my teacher for Persian Language. He once said a very intriguing thing to me when I went to study by him.
What it means to give ijāza (permissions) in Hizbul Bahr?
One person who had pledged on the hands of Maulāna Thānvī Rahmatullah ‛Alayh requested ijāza for the recitation of Hizbul Bahr. Maulāna answered that there was no need to seek ijāza in this matter. He insisted that he seeks ijāza for barakah. So Maulāna said “Very well, I make du‛ā’ that Allah gives you ability to practice upon it and accept that deed of yours.”
Only spend your time in important matters.
The realities of matters will manifest themselves after ones death, so much so that even the disbelievers will also come to know of them. Hence Allah Ta‛āla mentions وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ “and there will become apparent to them from Allah, what they had not been reckoning.” (Qur’ān 39:47) So how gross …
Your Esteemed Name
A Balance between pride and false humility
I neither like pride nor have any affinity for such humility in which there is disgrace. I do not house (in this khanqāh) anyone who is haughty, nor does a displayer of false humility find any place here, nor such a person who adopts such humility in which another becomes acquainted of his being selfless. …
A simple way to increase concentration in one’s Salah
In order to increase concentration in salāh one should remember only one thing, that nothing should be recited without any intention, rather every word that you recite should have a consideration and intent behind it.
Grief that people judge Wilāyah through Wazā’if
Maulāna Ashraf Ali Thānvi rehmatullah alayh once said, “In our times the greatness (of a person) is judged by the number of his wazā’if, and no one cares about rectification of one’s character anymore.”* Malfuzāt Hakīmul Ummat Malfuz # 306 – vol. 15 pg. 137 * Maulana Thanvi rehmatullah alayh has depicted the dilapidation of …